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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
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For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
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The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools.
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Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
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O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
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Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
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The Way of Folly
A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
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The wise in heart will receive commands, But a prating fool will fall.
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He who winks with the eye causes trouble, But a prating fool will fall.
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Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.
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The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.
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To do evil is like sport to a fool, But a man of understanding has wisdom.
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He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.
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A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame.
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A prudent man conceals knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
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Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.
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A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
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He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
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The Ways of Life and Death
The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
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In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them.
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Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
